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That's why we shouldn't vote for any BN candidate even if he an angelic. Doing so is strengthening Badawi (Bodoh) and the pugnacious, ill, unregenerate and uncouth Son-in-Law, the foolish KJ. If you vote for any BN candidate in the name of of the person's ability, there is nothing, absolutely nothing you have done. You have augmented Badawi and KJ and cronyism. Nothing more.

Remember, UMNO will go for elections next month. Khiary called 5 days ago: "cut throat", so is he preparing and paving the way for himself and the sleeping Dollah. So, in oder for that not to happen, simply vote Barisan Rakyat or PKR, DAP and PAS. Woe unto you if you strengthen KJ and the sleeping beauty (ugly anyway).

Poster Abukar has a point. This GE, as far as the PM is concerned, is closely linked to the upcoming Umno election. The voters are, in a way, also voting or not voting for the Umno election.

The following is some of my thoughts on the subject that I penned for my latest Malaysian Business “Other Thots” column:

“ONE major mistake the oppositions should avoid is to underestimate the Prime Minister’s ability to turn adversity to his advantage. He is a true political survivor.

While it is true that, unlike Dr Mahathir, Abdullah is neither a deep thinker nor a meticulous administrator. In fact, his attention span and attention to details are not his strongest point.

But these are more than made up by his ability to play politics and survive political turmoil by playing possum. His strong point is networking and pleading for sympathy.

Those who follow Abdullah’s political progress from the time he took the plunge in 1978 by contesting that year’s general election know that he builds and depends heavily on the goodwill and hard work of his supporters.

Unlike Anwar and other younger Umno leaders – as we are seeing with Khairy Jamaluddin -- who burst onto the scene with a big bang and freely displayed power by generously dispensing executive and financial privileges to their supporters, Abdullah built his by being nice.

It was his style to humbly tell his supporters how much he depended on them and treasured their support, and how much he listens to them, as he is now doing by telling the voters he is listening to them.

His famous plea of “tolonglah Pak Lah” (please help Pak Lah) melted many hearts and won him a band of loyal and selfless followers and supporters.

That was true when he was on the fringes of Umno politics and without power in the aftermath of the failed “Team B” challenged against Dr Mahathir.

Abdullah gained prominence and more powerful friends when, in 1981, Dr Mahathir promoted him to full minister and in 1984 gave him the powerful education portfolio. Among Umno leaders, the education post is seen as the steppingstone to post of Prime Minister.

So, if his choice of Umno candidates, including the return of the a handful of has-beens and the retention of all Menteris Besar and Chief Ministers is bewildering to an ordinary observer, that’s because he or she does not know the true “Mr Nice”.

The mass of confusion that arose in the run-up to the nomination day was the result of the conflict between Abdullah’s promise of change and the need to minimize disturbance to the Umno superstructure.

The Prime Minister is looking beyond the general election. He is also weighing his options for the coming Umno election.

If the BN, in the particular Umno, does well at the March 8 poll, Abdullah has nothing to worry at the Umno election. But if the BN does worse than expected, he will have problems at the party election.

It is the latter scenario that motivated Abdullah to go slow on his promise of change and to retain the status quo at the state level, where Menteris Besar and Chief Ministers are the linchpins in party election.

Abdullah is hoping to kill two birds with one stone in his most challenging fight for political survival to date. But be mindful that “Mr Survivor” may yet have a few tricks up his sleeve.”

Greetings Bro, I for one am so very happy to read and learn that the Barisan Rakyat is gathering momentum and looks to be turning the tide. Gatherings for 'ceramahs' by our very own Barisan Rakyat seem to be gaining lots of support. I only hope (as do most if not all True Malaysians) that this momentum carries till polling day on the 8th. May I please say that all of us True Malaysians be prepared for the worst when and if The Barisan Rakyat does successfully stem the tide of tyranny and oppression. We have to be prepared for any and all circumstances. Time and time again BN politicians have used the specter of May 13th 1969 as a psychological weapon in order to garner support and maintain it's divide and rule ways. Desperate people do desperate things more so when faced with the fact that they are losing control. If this were to happen and the powers that be use racial violence to stay in control I beg for mercy and plead for the Yang DiPertuan Agong to protect his humble subjects from such cruelty. Our one and only hope for protection will be the Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) who have sworn loyalty to King and Country. The Police have sadly succumbed to the whims and fancies of the powers that be and has lost all credibility and respect of the rakyat. Lets all pray and hope it doesn't come to that but BE PREPARED!!!

I have been wondering if Badawi could be suffering from a sleep disorder, narcolepsy. I find it hard to think that he would let himself doze off at the most inappropriate occassions. He must have struggled to keep awake. But the nature of the disorder is such, he will fall asleep.

If he is so afflicted then we should feel sorry for him rather than make him an object of ridicule.

And if he is a narcoleptic, then one must ask whether such an affliction would make him an effective prime minister.

speck,your lips are free.speck,it is your tounge.speck,it is your own body.speck,your life is still yours.

See how in the blacksmith's shopThe flame burns wild,the iron glows red,The locks open their jaws,and every chain begins to break.

Speck,this brief hours is long enoughBefore the death of body and tounge.Speck, 'cause truth is not dead yet,Speck,speckwhatever you must speck

-Faiz Ahmad Faiz-Poet 1911-1984

Politician come and go but leaders are born and groom for and with it.You wish to challenge this bold statement.Pleased do.I'll be waiting.Here's my facts.

Believe me,within a decade the new generation will forget a man very much sinonim with PUTRAJAYA AND PETRONAS.Almarhum Tan Sri Azizan bin Zainal Abidin.Al.Fatiha.An ophan from Penang whom together steered and steward our development to where we are today.Groom and brought up by the Che Teh's family and wed off to Almarhum Che Teh's beautiful daughter Yg.Bhg.Puan Sri Noraini Che Teh.Bless with beautiful successful children.

I personnally met Almarhum Tan Sri, only on two occassion.First,when he was still the Under Secetary with KDN way back in early 70's.Yes..yes I know the Ops Lalang what so ever,even grouches by some quaters on the ISA issue,the Sidek Ghaous incident,Two Dollahs,Mamali's ,AKUI etc.etc,all are recorded history.Second much later when he came to my cousin sister Maz wedding at kampong in 1994.I can't remember much on the first meeting coz I was still a wee lad then,but I knew for sure his presence and personality then shows sign of an important man from Kuala Lumpur.A personality where any reasonable 'kampong boy' would ditto copy.

I remember how envy I was with his shoes.Real Black leather and shinning.It was much later when I'm out of my cocoon,I knew one could buy a jolly good pair of imported of Locker,Bally,Clark,Salamander at either P Lal store,Johyti or have it custom made at Nam King cobblers along (used to)Jln.Medan Tengku Abd.Rahman,but it cost a fortune then.

The second meeting , when he was already a Tan Sri.I recall him coming, drove with his family members all the way from KL to my little village ,unchauffered.Being in position he still find time to be at my humble family home for the jubliant occassion.Casually not over dress,eating at 'Majlis Kahwin orang kampong' just like any ordinary folks,genuine smile all along and humble.I rememberd offering him a second helping of 'Nasi Minyak'

'...Tan Sri jemput tambah lagi......'

his answer was spontanous,in thick Penang accent,'..lah...awat hang panggil formal-formal ni..Anam Izan aje dahlah!! I recall his remark,.....hangkan anak Anam Malek!Yes,Almarhum Pak Malek was my uncle and a father to me too.He didn't have a son,only Maz my cousin sister whom we were brought up together.

Yes,ibok was a working lady,Mak Nyah, my aunt took care of my welfare and groom me all along my primary and secondary schooling years.Lucky me, I have 3 diffrent fathers(an uncle,real father and step dad) which took care of my welfare,health and wealth.All are my mentors and it was from all three I learn the facts of life.Like a wise man advising his son,

'son!....anything good come from me,your father butanything bad come from your willy"

The meeting was a short one.From a reasonable man point of view, there is no way one could claim one is close to someone,after merely two short meeting.

It takes a life time to know a person.His temprement,his honesty,his down to earth altitude.However,I can assured you,Almarhum Tan Sri Azizan, is a man with high intergrity ,respected and down to earth person despite all the status he attain in life.A character,only speck when are spoken to!

Here's my story,

It was Ramadan 2005,Me and my other half breaks our fast then at The Alamanda ,Putrajaya open cafe.After a short snack I proceed to Alamanda Surau for 'Jemmah Maghrib'.I miss the first takbir and proceed with the rest.The Imam whom leads the prayers faces the Kiblat all the way till the sholat and doa is over.When its over, he stood up facing the jemaah.

Lillah.I am willing to take a 'Bayyinah' coz it is the 'haq an'nas ainal haqqul al yakin'

Both Tan Sri and TDM are close and both had dreams for the reality of Putrajaya existence at heart.Tan Sri the executor and TDM the 'Planner'.Both are philotropist.

It was on one of the last 10 days of Ramadan.I am assured.I kept the mystical meeting all by myself ,until I met his daughter 'Datin' and his son Amir Hamzah at a 'majlis tahlil' some years ago and told them the actual event.

The moral of the story is:

'God pick his rightfull khalifah via the voice of the people,and definately he chooses and pick the wise and able one'.

Not only a sleeping PM but also the most explicit lier of all times. His infamous announcement in the presence of his own controlled media to 27millions of Malaysians and rest of world saying No Parliament Dissolution only to dissolve within 24 hours just shows how incapable this man is. Even can't manage his own single lie.How is he going to manage a macro economy?

The Bodohlah can deny till the cows come home while even pictures of him sleeping at public forums are widely carried in the internet and foreign media, but not bodek/ampu mainstream papers. The Bodohlah is just like that pariah Lingam in this case - even when the camera never lies, the Bodohlah insists to lie as he thinks he can hoodwink the people

I am a strong Pak Lah "supporter." While not denying he was sleeping on his job the economy grew 6% and our stock index hit all time high. Can you imagine when Pak Lah wakes up, and how great our economy will be? Anyway he said he is godsend to us.

I agree! How dare Pak Lah think that the Malaysian public will allow his heinous crimes to go unnoticed? I mean, some people might say that being an anti-Semitic, draconian dictator is far worse than being sleepy, but we Malaysians know better! That is why while we never punished the anti-Semitic, draconian Prime Minister we will absolutely punish the sleepy one. Particularly since the sleepy one is less scary so we all got our cojones back the minute he came into power.